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Question: Which is the most generic Republican state?
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Alabama
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Alaska
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Arizona
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Georgia
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Idaho
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Indiana
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
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Nebraska
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North Dakota
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Oklahoma
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Utah
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Wyoming
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solarstorm
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« on: July 16, 2014, 08:29:34 PM »
Which state are you thinking of when someone asks you about a typically Republican state?
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2014, 08:36:49 PM »
Utah is very religious and very conservative.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2014, 08:43:41 PM »
Utah. Prat of me wants to say a deep south state, but racial demographics makes Utah a better fit IMO.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2014, 08:52:01 PM »
Quote from: Senator Goldwater on July 16, 2014, 08:43:41 PM
Utah. Prat of me wants to say a deep south state, but racial demographics makes Utah a better fit IMO.

Yes, the South has a too Democratic background to call it "characteristically Republican".
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2014, 08:56:19 PM »
Rural and suburban, white, and Evangelical are big factors.

I might just go with Oklahoma. 
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2014, 09:06:34 PM »
Oklahoma, if not Kansas.

Part southern and part plains make Oklahoma a good generic example, plus its one of the most republican states. Texas could also be a suggestion.
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2014, 09:08:42 PM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on July 16, 2014, 09:06:34 PM
Oklahoma, if not Kansas.

Part southern and part plains make Oklahoma a good generic example, plus its one of the most republican states. Texas could also be a suggestion.

Oklahoma and Kansas are good examples. Texas has to many Democratic areas.
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2014, 09:12:50 PM »
Actually, Oklahoma is better fit than Utah. Somehow I just completely forget that it existed. Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2014, 09:18:45 PM »
I agree with the posters who are saying states like Oklahoma and Kansas.
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2014, 11:54:38 PM »
Tried to go with the state that first came to mind for this.

Texas won, of course.
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2014, 12:45:57 AM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on July 16, 2014, 09:06:34 PM
Part southern and part plains make Oklahoma a good generic example, plus its one of the most republican states.

Good call here. It also just had a Senate battle between two fairly right-wing Senate candidates, with the more establishment candidate narrowly defeating the more Tea Party-leaning candidate. This seems like a good reflection of the GOP nationwide, at least at the moment.
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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2014, 07:32:40 AM »
The book What's the Matter with Kansas illustrated why it is quintessentially GOP, even when there are segments of the population that may have good reasons to vote Dem.
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« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2014, 11:13:10 AM »
Texas or Kansas
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« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2014, 12:53:17 PM »
Kansas or Utah.  No matter how much Oklahoma hates Obama, it has historically been more Democratic, and it still has too many registered Democrats.
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« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2014, 01:09:54 PM »
When I imagine Republican hotbeds I see miles upon miles of exurban sprawl.  So, I'm inclined to say Arizona, Texas or Georgia. 
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« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2014, 04:13:07 PM »
South Carolina. Southern state and has strong elements of both the establishment and Tea Party wings of the GOP.
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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2014, 05:11:37 PM »
Probably Wyoming.
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« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2014, 05:58:59 PM »
Definately Mississippi. The Plains states are missing the racial tension, spite, and overall backwardness of the GOP.
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2014, 08:47:36 PM »
Quote from: TDAS04 on July 18, 2014, 12:53:17 PM
Kansas or Utah.  No matter how much Oklahoma hates Obama, it has historically been more Democratic, and it still has too many registered Democrats.

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« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2014, 01:25:00 AM »
WY
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